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More Americans are turning to surrogacy to build their families, as the practice becomes more common and more publicly discussed.

Why it matters: As surrogacy becomes more visible and accessible, ethical, legal and cultural tensions become harder to ignore...

This is the first part of the 14th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by...

Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/

Why it matters: Confusing...

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This report documents a deliberate assault on disabled people in...

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.17.2016
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A junior scientist formerly employed by the Broad Institute says the storied MIT-Harvard institution’s claim to have invented...

By Ziyaad Bhorat, openDemocracy | 08.17.2016
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In the last 70 years we’ve come a long way towards unraveling the building blocks of human life...

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 08.16.2016
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The meter is running like mad on the dispute over key patents on CRISPR genome editing. In its...

By Dyllan Furness, Digital Trends | 08.15.2016
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Right now, for just $140, you can get your hands on one of the most powerful gene-editing tools...

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 08.15.2016
Athletes are keeping their distance from a genetic test for concussion risks Boosters have billed it as the cheek swab that...
By Sarah Zhang, WIRED | 08.15.2016
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WHAT DO YOU when you’re so clearly winning? When you’ve crushed your competitors and left them fighting over...

By John M. Hein, The Sacramento Bee | 08.13.2016
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Dramatic advances in science and technology are leading us into an unknown future with little citizen awareness, and...

By Aleszu Bajak, MIT Technology Review | 08.12.2016
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When his son Sam was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at six months of age, Doug Melton was...